Feb. 28th, 2010. Here are some pictures from today's ski tour to Flat top in the Marias Pass area. All photos by James Y. Thanks to Ear Mountain Ralph for the suggestion awhile back! (And Dell M. and Bud I. for their advice too.)
We made our way from the parking lot at Marias Pass to the Pine creek road around 9:30 and soon turned off the road, following ski tracks into the forest towards Flattop. The tracks took us through the burn zone and eventually switchbacked up to the ridge. We continued down the ridge to the highpoint and ran into 3 snowmobilers, who were whipping about the mountains on their sleds.
We considered continuing along the ridge to Elk Calf but decided to leave it for another day… we made our way back down through the trees and were back at the cars by 3. Snow was crusty 2/3rds of the way up but we found some decent turns on the way down… we were too lame to yo-yo but twas great… hope to return again for a few laps in the snow!
Can’t believe it’s already March (mind you, usually a good month for the snow).
